What does John 8:36 mean?

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36, King James Version

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John 8:34-38

  1. 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
  2. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
  3. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
  4. 37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
  5. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

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About the book of John

Author
the beloved disciple (John 21:24); tradition credits the apostle John
When
c. AD 85 to 95
Period
Vida de Jesus, c. 5 a.C. a 33 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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